FromMiddle Englishcomen,cumen, fromOld Englishcumen,ġecumen, past participle ofcuman(“to come”). More atcome.
comen
- (archaic)alternativepastparticiple ofcome.
2002, Alison Hanham,The Celys and Their World:There is diverse of his gentlemen stolen away therefor, and some arecomen to Calais, and one of them is sent to our sovereign lord and king.
comen
- third-personpluralpresentindicative ofcomer
comen
- third-personpluralpresentindicative ofcomer
FromOld Dutchcuman.
cōmen
- tocome
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cōmen
- pastparticiple ofcōmen
FromOld Englishcoman,cuman, fromProto-West Germanic*kweman. Past forms in-a- are by analogy with other class 4 strong verbs; e.g.stal, past ofstelen.
comen (third-person singular simple presentcometh,present participlecomende,comynge,first-/third-person singular past indicativecam,past participlecomen)
- tocome
c.1395,John Wycliffe,John Purvey [et al.], transl.,Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[1], publishedc.1410,Luke 12:49,page36r, column 2; republished asWycliffe's translation of the New Testament,Lichfield: Bill Endres,2010:Icam to ſende fier in to þe erþe / ⁊ what wole I .· but þat it be kyndlid- Icame to light the earth on fire. All I want is that it gets burnt.
c.1400,Geoffrey Chaucer,The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines23–24:At nyght wascome into that hostelrye
Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye- Therecame at nightfall to that hostelry
Some nine and twenty in a company
Conjugation ofcomen (strong class 4)| infinitive | (to)comen,come |
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| present tense | past tense |
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| 1st-personsingular | come | cam,com |
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| 2nd-personsingular | comest | come,came,cam,com |
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| 3rd-personsingular | cometh | cam,com |
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| subjunctivesingular | come | come1,came1 |
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| imperativesingular | — |
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| plural2 | comen,come | comen,come,camen,came |
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| imperativeplural | cometh,come | — |
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| participles | comynge,comende | comen,come,ycome |
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1 Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
comen
- alternative form ofcomun
cōmen
- pluralpreteritesubjunctive ofcuman
- IPA(key):/ˈkomen/[ˈko.mẽn]
- Rhymes:-omen
- Syllabification:co‧men
comen
- third-personpluralpresentindicative ofcomer
